ok, me and ten of my other friends sit together at lunch. we barely talk but the lunch aids hate us for some reason and keep telling our princibal that we r talking after the bell rings. (when teh bells rings we have to stop talking and we get dissmissed). so now were seperated at lunch for teh rest of the year, and teh year just began not even a month ago. HOW can we stop old fartish princabel. hes outa his mind and too fat to function. should we get our moms involved or listen to our fart baggish princabel???
2006-10-23 15:15:08 · 7 answers · asked by Rach 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
A clear, polite letter to the superintendent and the school board would be an avent to go... but you won't impress them with misspellings like "princabel," so get someone with better written communicatino skills ot help.
make the points that:
* the lunch aide has a pattern of hostility, using specific examples and dates,
* that the principal did not give any credence to your side of the story (if that's the case. it sounds like it based on yuor account),
* there has been a lack of due process, as you have been aggrieved but have no recourse. Ask why students are taught of the importance of the American justice system in class when it is not being practiced in school.
You can follow this up by attending the next school board meeting yourselves, and ask to be put on the agenda. reiterate your points clearly and calmly; getting heated will not serve your cause and will undermine it.
If/when they tell you something you don't want to hear (they're going to side with the principal, in almost every case), thank them politely. This will make you look better in their eyes.
Hopefully, there will be reporters from your local paper(s). Don't be afraid to talk to them afterward; you may get a blurb. Emphasize that you're only looking for fairness.
Follow up with letters to the editor along these lines.
so... after all that, what's the point?
School board members are often very skittish about bad publicity; in most states, they have to present a budget to the voters each year. They read the papers to see what's said about them, even if few others do.
With calm, polite, well-reasoned critisism, they may hopefully instruct the principal to go a little bit softer in his approach.
If not, the next time a grievance arises, and you keep a civil presentation, you may win that round, based upon your efforts this time.
It's a lot to do, in a way, especially as we are generally conditioned not to approach authority figures. But if we don't stand up for ourselves, who will?
And the worst that could happen is that it works.
2006-10-23 15:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may not want to get your mom involved until you brush up on your spelling some first... and learn to "proof" read is good too. here we have to click on preview before we submit our questions. That is when you re-read your question and change things like when you have "the" spelled "teh"
2006-10-23 22:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by halo_huntress 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let your mother or father know whats going on they would be the ones to know exactly what to do. dont let princabel intimate you. stand u for yourself but be respectful.
2006-10-23 22:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Christine H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would use your lunch time to study spelling.
2006-10-23 22:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a princabel? Maybe you should talk less and study more.
2006-10-23 22:17:20 · answer #5 · answered by mmturtle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your not allowed to talk when your not in a classroom?
2006-10-23 22:17:56 · answer #6 · answered by Dreamcatcher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*giggles*
It's spelled "principal".
The stupid but easy way to remember that is to think of the principal as your "pal".
Yeah, it's dumb, but it works for me! :)
2006-10-23 22:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by Somebody 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋